I. noun
Synonyms: dawn 1, aurora, cockcrow, cockcrowing, dawning, daybreak, daylight, morn, morning, sunrise
II. adjective
Synonyms: fair 3, blond
III. verb
1.
to cause something to start burning
lighted the fuse on the dynamite
Synonyms: enkindle, fire, ignite, inflame, kindle
Contrasted words: douse, ||dout, put out, quench, snuff; damp (down), smother, stamp (out)
Antonyms: extinguish
2.
Synonyms: illuminate 1, illume, illumine, lighten
IV. adjective
1.
having little weight
the package was light
Synonyms: featherlight, featherweight, imponderous, lightweight, unheavy, weightless
Related Word: inconsequential, trifling, trivial; little, petty, small; flimsy, meager, slender, slight
Idioms: light as a feather
Contrasted words: bulky, burdensome, cumbersome, huge, massive, overweight, ponderous, portly, unwieldy, weighty
Antonyms: heavy
2.
Synonyms: easy 1, effortless, facile, royal, simple, smooth, untroublesome
Antonyms: arduous
3.
Synonyms: fast 7, easy, loose, ||riggish, unchaste, wanton, whorish
4.
Synonyms: giddy 1, bird-witted, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, harebrained, rattlebrained, skittish
5.
Synonyms: little 3, casual, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, petty, shoestring, small-beer, trivial, unimportant
6.
Synonyms: dizzy 2, giddy, light-headed, swimming, swimmy, vertiginous
V. verb
1.
Synonyms: alight , land, perch, roost, set down, settle, sit down, touch down
2.
Synonyms: happen 2, bump, chance, hit, luck, meet, stumble, tumble